5,000

Sometime during the night the Buller Time blog received its 5,000th page visit. In the world of blogs, this really is tiny potatoes. Still, it is not too shabby for a simple family blog dedicated to a bunch of hicks originally from Switzerland who ended up, by way of villages in Prussia and Molotschna, on a farm outside of Lushton, Nebraska.

Since the first post on 15 June of last year, 136 have followed (not counting this one). On average, then, one could say that each of the 137 posts was visited at least 36 times. Actually, however, since some visitors probably read several posts at a time, the average is no doubt higher. Who would have ever thought that there would be so much interest in our family’s story! Thanks to all those Bullers past and present who have made it possible, but especially to …